A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes.
Thousands of people in the Reykjanes Peninsula have been urged to limit their hot water and electricity use as the pipes could take days to fix.
There are concerns that other crucial pipelines close to the Svartsengi power station could be affected if the lava flow does not ease soon.
It is the third such eruption on the peninsula since December.
I mean…im glad the country isn’t being destroyed by a volcano but after that headline finding out its because of busted water pipes is a little anticlimactic
It’s Iceland in the dead of winter, it’s -11°C and the heat pipes are severed, it’s an actual emergency.
lol im not saying its not. I get why they declared this an emergency.
A lot of Iceland uses municipal hot water/heating, so this means that they may not be able to heat their houses properly. (although I don’t think its that bad currently)
A volcano also happens to be anti-climatic.
The steam pipes provide electricity and heat. And the high temperature in Iceland today was 22°F, with a nighttime low of 15°F.